Education

1 January 2009

Japanese for Everyone: A Functional Approach to Daily Communication

By Susumu Nagara
Japan Publications Trading Company, 2008, 383 pages Paperback £22.99. ISBN-13: 978-4889962345
Review by Roberta Ignirri

1 December 2008

Origami for Children: 35 Easy-To-Follow Step-By-Step Projects

By Mari Ono and Roshin Ono
Cico books , 2008, 128 pages. Hardback, £14.99. ISBN 13: 978-1906094386
Review by Anna Davis

1 April 2008

Designing and Creating Japanese Gardens

By Penny Underwood

The Crowood Press, 2005, 192 pages, including bibliography and index. Hardback £25. ISBN 13: 978 – 186126 7832

Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

1 February 2008

The Japanese Way – Garden Designs

By Maureen Busby

JGS Publishing, 2008, 127 pages, (188 colour photographs and 111 line drawings & water colours), ISBN 978-0-9558188-0-6, price £25.00 (see bottom of article)

Review by Colin Ellis

1 August 2007

Create Your Own Japanese Garden: A Practical Guide

By Motomi Oguchi and Joseph Cali

Kodansha International, 2007, 114 pages, 500 colour photos and 100 other illustrations, ISBN 10:4770028040 and ISBN 13:9784770028044, price £16.99.

Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

1 January 2005

Japan Encyclopedia

By Louis Frederic (Translated by Kathe Roth)
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002, (one volume), ISBN 0-674-00770-0, 1,102 pages, (£41.50)
Review by Susan House Wade

1 January 2005

Doing Business with the Japanese: A One-stop Guide to Japanese Business Practice

By Geoffrey Bownas, David Powers, Christopher P. Hood, et. al.
Direct Image, London, UK, 2003, 193 pages, ISBN: 0-9537465-1-8
Review by Tomohiko Taniguchi